space fisherman

Chapter 111 Sea Willow

Ma Hua said while patting her chest.

"Damn, the book didn't say anything about it, luckily we didn't meet in the water"

Ye Yuan didn't tell the crew that it's best not to provoke this thing. The real reason he is called a devil fish is that this thing will sneak on the bottom of the fishing boat on purpose, knock the bottom of the boat with its body, and make a "snap" sound, especially at night. Many fishermen of the older generation have been intimidated by this guy.

It is relatively rare to see it in these years because their numbers are decreasing sharply. In 2011, it has been included in the International Convention for the Protection of Migratory Wildlife Species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified manta rays as "endangered" species.

At this time, the crew members had recovered from the excitement of meeting the stingray and started their work.

After dragging the net for half an hour, the harvest is not bad, but almost all of them are some octopus, and the economic value is not very high.

This network, a simple estimate, only has an income of about 2.

Although it is not considered a loss, there is nothing left after the gas money is gone. This is also an embarrassing mirror of ocean fishing.

If you don’t have enough fish and don’t cherish it enough, it’s not bad if you don’t lose money once you go out to sea.

Ye Yuan saw that the crew had failed to catch two nets in a row, and everyone's face showed disappointment.

Ye Yuan felt amused, these people really think that they are on the boat, they just catch fish everywhere, they really regard themselves as the god of the sea.

Ye Yuan knew that if he didn't release his perception and sense the situation in the water, he might not be better than those old fishermen, but who gave him the ability to perceive?

Letting go of his perception and observing the situation in this sea area, Ye Yuan also wanted to know if there were any precious fish in this sea area.

This seabed is not deep, only forty meters long, and there are many tropical fish.

But they are all small fish with no economic value. If there are any, they can only be salvaged and sold as ornamental fish.

However, if you want to catch ornamental fish, you cannot use a trawl net, which will damage the appearance of the fish.

If you want to catch ornamental fish, you can only dive down to the bottom of the sea artificially, and then use professional nets to fish.

Ye Yuan's perception, following the swimming direction of these small fish, suddenly Ye Yuan found a strange thing, which looked like a tree.

But within the scope of Ye Yuan's knowledge, there is only one kind of tree on the seabed, and that is the mangrove tree, also known as the seabed forest.

It is a precious tree species that grows on the seashore. When the sea tide is high, it is submerged in the sea, and when the tide is low, it emerges from the water again.
It plays an important role in protecting the coast and preventing typhoons and tsunamis. Mangroves are the protected tree species in our country.

But the tree in front of him doesn't look like a mangrove tree at all. After careful observation, Ye Yuan finally figured out what it is.

This turned out to be a rare black coral, yes, this is not a tree but a coral.

Black coral, also known as sea willow, inhabits on hard bottom at a water depth of 15-20m, or on deeper coral stones and rocks.

Its branches are slender and beautiful, flexible in texture, and will not rot in water. It is named sea willow because its shape is similar to willows on land.

The appearance of black coral is easy to be regarded as a kind of tree, but scientific research shows that sea willow is actually a marine animal, belonging to coelenterate and a kind of coral family.

They grow between the subtropics and the tropics, and grow on the bottom reefs in a fastened manner with suction cups.

Up to 5-6 meters, dark brown or tan, with thick stems and dense branches, and slender leaves.The wood is tough and corrosion-resistant, so it is called "iron wood".

Because they hide in the bottom of the sea all their lives and can live for thousands of years, they are also called "sacred trees".

They can be made into various crafts.

Because of its tough texture, durability and luster, it can be processed into various handicrafts, such as bracelets, bonsai, flowers, birds, insects, fish, teacups, rings, Buddhist beads and other artistic treasures. It was once a noble plaything for emperors and generals in ancient times.

The largest of these black corals that Ye Yuan discovered has reached five meters, and the rest are around 1-2 meters. Ye Yuan knew that this time he met a treasure again.

Ye Yuan glanced at the expressions of the crew members, thought for a while, and then said, "Well, how about taking advantage of the good weather, let's go to the sea for a stroll?"

Ye Yuan asked the crew, and now the crew on the "Yushui" can be said to be obsessed with diving.

For nothing else, many high-end seafood have to be manually caught in the sea. After the last starfish invasion, everyone has strengthened their diving training.

This is also to prepare for the real encounter with good things in the future.

Everyone was very happy when they heard that Ye Yuan planned to let everyone dive, cheering and wearing diving equipment.

Ding Yi, Yu Hongbo, and cook Gong Hongzhuang were left on the boat, and the rest jumped into the sea one after another.

This sea area is not too deep, and Yu Hongbo and the others didn't feel too much discomfort when they reached the bottom of the sea.

The colorful underwater world came into everyone's eyes. Although these people are from the navy and have diving experience, every time they see this beautiful scenery, they will sincerely appreciate it.

Ye Yuan didn't look for those sea willows, the purpose of him letting everyone go into the sea was not to let him find something good every time, after a long time like this, even if the crew said they didn't doubt it, he didn't believe it.

Anyway, they were all crew members on their own ship, and they found out that it was their own, so what else did they have to worry about.

And Ye Yuan also wanted to test these crew members through this time, to see how they would react when they met something good.

Although this is the distant sea, it is still the waters of Huaguo, Ye Yuan is aimlessly looking for valuable ornamental fish here.

When I see something I like, I will put it in the space. After all, I still have an ornamental fish shop with Deng Kai when I go to Beijing. The business there is very good. I have come to Yuwan Island several times to restock.

When Ye Yuan is away, Li Hui will organize some crew members to go fishing in some nearby waters. Although there are no expensive ornamental fish, it is not a problem to supply a fish shop.

Ye Yuan casually put a Manlong into the space. At this time, it was a very common ornamental fish. Because it was affordable and very beautiful, it was very popular with some ornamental fish lovers, so Ye Yuan put it into the space when he saw it.

Looking at the ornamental fish in the space, Ye Yuan should be able to put them near Yuwan Island again this time.

Ye Yuan discovered that the fish that have been cultured in the space can quickly adapt to the surrounding environment when they are placed in the sea.

This is also the reason why Ye Yuan safely put some ornamental fish near Yuwan Island for the crew to catch.

That's right, many ornamental fish caught by the crew on Yuwan Island were released intentionally by Ye Yuan, otherwise ornamental fish can be seen everywhere?

Then what do you need Ye Yuan to do, wouldn't everyone go to the bottom of the sea to catch ornamental fish and make a fortune?
It's just that several kinds of rare fish were not put into the sea. After all, there would never be these kinds of fish on Blue Island. If they were to be released, it would cause unnecessary trouble.

Soon Ye Yuan found that some crew members began to swim slowly toward the sea surface, and Ye Yuan also followed behind, swimming toward the fishing boat.

　PS: Thank you Xiaojiao for being awesome.big guy's tip
　　
　
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